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msgjsheets

Ironic that the lefties claim inaction on one PDB which was actually attended every day by President Bush first thing in the morning is the cause of 9/11 (because it could never actually be the terrorists fault) but they have no problem cheerleading for President Obama who reportedly can't be bothered with them and has it staffed out. Where was President Obama during the Benghazi attack and why haven't we heard anymore about the supposed order to do everything in our power to help them NO CLASS?

CMReeder

gavinf56

We already had security screenings in place to prevent hijackings that worked very effectively. It's a whole next level to have a coordinated hijacking on multiple planes and then use those planes as missiles to murder hundreds of other people.

KrazyK

Bush 43 declared war on terrorism. As Commander-in-Chief he chose to invade countries to kill terrorists. Obama's policy is to take out terrorists with intelligence and technology. Ask any soldier which method is preferred.

Class144

“It supports my point even better that Bush did not have a kill list.” You don’t have a point. You know nothing about Special Operations. Therefore, you have no idea what DevGru, in conjunction with JSOC did under Bush during his war.

If I were a betting man, I’d wager there were several high profile targets that were pursued by Rangers, or Delta, or SEALs, during that time. That’s how it works. Who cares about semantics?

CMReeder

CMReeder

Dang enigma you set a new record for dancing around the truth. It was a hit list, dead or alive it mattered not. They also had terrorists on that list. They even had 'playing cards' of them. Military actions? So drones strikes are not based with the military at all. We have a war on terror but apparently it is not a military operation at all. How do you tell an American fighting terrorist from a non-American fighting terrorist?

enigma

OK Class, I stand corrected. They were killed in a firefight, but not by drones. If they had surrendered they would have been captured instead. That's even further from the Obama routine. Thanks for the support. It supports my point even better that Bush did not have a kill list. Capturing is much better from a tactical outlook, because dead men don't answer questions. The bottom line is that the Obama kill list includes Americans and the administration will not even say that it will not use drone strikes against US citizens in the United States. That means that while they may not have plans to do it, they will not rule it out. That is against the law, not to mention unconstitutional.

enigma

Chuck,"Correct me if I am wrong but the Bush administration did have a 'hit' list of terrorists which included Saddam and his cabinet and his sons."

OK, You are wrong. We had a list of Iraqi government officials to be found and captured. Even if it had been a kill list as you claim, none of them were American citizens. Saddam's sons were killed during active fighting. They were military leaders and as such legitimate targets. They also were not killed with drones, they were killed by bombs dropped by manned aircraft. How many errors can a person make in one sentence? I think we have a new world record. Congratulations Chuck!

philunderwood

CMReeder

"There seems to be a problem with consistency for those who condemn our founders for what we consider wrong doing today while justifying things our current leaders do by saying it was done by previous administrations."

philunderwood

There seems to be a problem with consistency for those who condemn our founders for what we consider wrong doing today while justifying things our current leaders do by saying it was done by previous administrations.

enigma

Dr. Nible blurs the lines, a common liberal tactic. The use of drones by the Bush administration was limited to the theatre of operation in the war we were then fighting. Obama has used them, in violation of international law, in countries where we are not currently engaged in hostilities. I do not have a problem with this personally, but liberals do when there is a Republican President. The more problematic detail of the drone program is the targeting of Americans who are not actively engaging the U.S. Military, being killed without due process. The President does not have the authority to unilaterally pronounce a death sentence on a US citizen. I don't have a problem with executing Americans who want to do us harm, but let's get the process right.